I Rescued Your Diaries

from 53 Mondays by The Urbane Decay

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September 24th, 2007

I found Nicole’s diaries in the trash. Which is only odd because when we made a bit of a ritual out of burning mine in a campfire last month she said she wanted to keep her ’s. Which is fine, of course, but I’m wondering why she now has thrown them out in secret. It could be because every other entry seems to be about her past romantic encounters. I want to ask her about why she's secretly discarded them, but I'm obviously going to have to tell her I didn't read them. This is awkward.

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I rescued your diaries
from the garbage can
after you went to work
When we burned mine you said
you were keeping yours
But you threw them out in secret
and I had to wonder why
Were you just protecting me
from my own curiosity?
Or were you just burying the past
under egg shells and banana peels—
memories you do not feel anymore

Don’t worry, I didn’t read them
I wrapped them in a plastic bag
You can throw them out again
If that’s what you really want to do
but only if that’s what you want to do

And this time
Let’s do it together
This time
Let’s do it together

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from 53 Mondays, released February 5, 2008

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The Urbane Decay Toronto, Ontario

The Urbane Decay was an indie pop recording project mainly active between 2002-2010, mainly by Jakob Rehlinger, mainly maudlin and mopey.

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